Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Belief and Disbelief Chapter: Belief Spreads In all Parts of the Body 3ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ عَنِ الْعَلاءِ عَنْ ٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الإي٠َانِ فَقَالَ شَهَادَةُ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا الله [ وَأَنَّ ٠َّداً رَسُولُ الله ] وَالإقْرَارُ بِ٠ِنْ عِنْدِ الله وَ٠َا اسْتَقَرَّ فِي الْقُلُوبِ ٠ِنَ التَّصْدِيقِ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ الشَّهَادَةُ أَ لَيْسَتْ عَ٠َلاً قَالَ بَلَى قُلْتُ الْعَ٠َانُ لا يَكُونُ إِلا بِعَ٠ِنْهُ وَلا يَثْبُتُ الإي٠3.

Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar from Safwan or one other than him from al-‘Ala’ from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) about belief. He said, ‘It is to testify that no one deserves to be worshipped except Allah, Muhammad (a.s.) is the Messenger of Allah and to affirm that whatever he (Muhammad) brought is from Allah.

That which is established in the hearts through acknowledgement of such facts is belief.’ I then asked, ‘Is it not that the testimony is a deed?’ He said, ‘Yes, it is a deed.’ I then asked, ‘Is the deed of belief?’ He said, ‘Yes, belief does not shape up without deed. The deed is from belief and belief cannot stand firmly without deed. ’” رسل - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (7/243))